2016 Women's Junior World Handball Championship Explained

Tourney Name:	Women's Junior World Handball Championship
Year:	2016
Country:	Russia
Dates:	2–15 July
Num Teams:	24
Confederations:	4
Venues:	2
Cities:	1
Count:	2
Matches:	92
Goals:	5017
Top Scorer:	Song Ji-eun (85 goals)
Player:	Yaroslava Frolova
Previous:	2014 Women's Junior World Handball Championship
Next:	2018 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

The 2016 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the tournament and took place in Moscow, Russia from 2 to 15 July 2016.^[1] Denmark won their second title after defeating Russia 32–28 in the final.^[2]

Teams

Africa

Asia

Europe

• (Substitute for Oceania)^[3]
  • • • • • • • • • (Host)

Pan-America

Venues

Matches will be played in Moscow.

• Krylatskoye Sports Palace (5,000)
• Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA (5,500)

Referees

The following 16 referee pairs were selected.^[4]

Referees
	Muammar Al-Watani Mohammed Qamber
	Amar Konjičanin Dino Konjičanin
	Adriano Alves Daniel Magalhães
	Jiří Opava Pavel Válek
	Karim Gasmi Raouf Gasmi
	Miklós Andorcka Robert Hucker
	Alexei Covalciuc Igor Covalciuc
	Novica Mitrović Miljan Vešović

Referees
	Håvard Kleven Lars Jørum
	Dmitry Kiselev Alexey Kiyashko
	Ion Bustamante Javier Álvarez
	Mirza Kurtagic Mattias Wetterwik
	Arthur Brunner Morad Salah
	Kürsad Erdoğan Ibrahim Özdeniz
align=		Christian Posch Lars Jedermann
align=		Gabriel Gonzales Camilo Prieto

Preliminary round

All time are local (UTC+3).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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President's Cup

21st place bracket

21st–24th place semifinals

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21st place game

17th place bracket

17–20th place semifinals

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17th place game

9–16th placement games

The eight losers of the round of 16 were seeded according to their results in the preliminary round against teams ranked 1–4.

Ninth place game

Knockout stage

Bracket

5th place bracket

Round of 16

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Quarterfinals

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Final ranking

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Awards

• MVP : Yaroslava Frolova^[5]
• Top Goalscorer : Song Ji-eun (85 goals)

All-Star Team

• Goalkeeper : Althea Reinhardt
• Right wing : Mathilde Rivas Toft
• Right back : Antonina Skorobogatchenko
• Centre back : Cristina Laslo
• Left back : Yulia Golikova
• Left wing : Lærke Nolsøe
• Pivot : Annika Ingenpaß

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Russia 2016: European and Pan American participants determined. 23 March 2016. ihf.info.
2. Web site: Denmark claim the World Championship trophy. 15 July 2016. ihf.info.
3. Web site: Additional place for Europe at Women’s U20 World Championship. 24 February 2016. eurohandball.com. 1 May 2016. 7 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160507113848/http://www.eurohandball.com/article/025180/Additional+place+for+Europe+at+Women%E2%80%99s+U20+World+Championship. dead.
4. Web site: Referee Nominations 2016 – Women's Junior World Handball Championship 2016 - Russian Federation. 2 July 2016. ihf.info.
5. Web site: All-Star Team, MVP & Top Scorer of Russia 2016. 15 July 2016. ihf.info.